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The Jaina world of Non-living
gross and other types in every karmic spacepoint. There are infinitetimes-infinite number of naturally accumulated spacepoints in every spacepoint of the body like the accumulated dust particles in wet jaggery. A similar situation exists for the real spacepoints of the realities of medium of motion etc.
16. The scriptures also mention that there are two types of spacepoints of the living beings - fixed and non-fixed. When there is a non-steady nature of modes during experiences of pain and pleasures, feelings of anger and other passions or transition periods, the spacepoints of the living beings are called non-fixed due to their upheavals. The steady state of these spacepoints is called fixed. The central eight spacepoints of the living beings are always fixed. All the spacepoints of the salvated and omniscient beings without activity are also fixed. The spacepoints of the living ones under exercise, pain, accidents and emotions are always non-fixed except the eight central spacepoints. All other living beings have fixed as well as non-fixed spacepoints. These scriptural statements prove that the spacepoints of these realities are real and primary.
17. The scriptures further mention that the pure spacepoints of the living beings equivalent to innumerableth part of the Utsedha Angula (1 UA = 1.07 - 1.30 cm) transform into the senses of sight etc. This occurs due to the destruction-cum-subsidence of energy-obstructing karma, sensory and vocable knowledge-obscuring karma and fruition of physique-making karma of limbs and sublimbs. These senses have specific spacepoints, naturally non-transformable and perceptible by the senses. Thus, the spacepoints of the living ones are real only.
18. In practice, it is observed that the city of Pātaliputra (current Patna, Bihar) is located in specific spacepoints of space, the city of Mathura (U.P.) is located in different spatial spacepoints. Thus, the space has many spacepoints. The non-spacepointed space of the absolutist will have all these cities at one spatial place only. This is contrary to observations.
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The Vaiseṣikas face two-fold flaws on their absolutist viewpoint. They presume that the ear is defined as that region of space which
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